The life of Hernando Cortéz is the story of how one man with a handful of loyal soldiers overcame a progressive Indian culture of over one million.There was nothing in the character of this young man that set him apart from others, yet once chosen to be the leader of this great Conquest he could move only one direction: Forward. Months of terrible tragedy did not discourage him from the one goal, the Conquest of the Aztec Nation.Whatever may be thought of the Conquest in a moral view, regarded as a military achievement it must fill us with astonishment. Cortéz and a handful of adventurers, indifferently armed and equipped, landed on the shores of a powerful empire inhabited by a fierce and warlike race, and forced their way into the interior.This they did without knowledge of the language or of the land, without chart or compass to guide them, without any idea of the difficulties they were to encounter, totally uncertain whether the next step might bring them on a hostile nation, or on a desert, feeling their way along in the dark, as it were. This book, then, details their successes and failures until the goal was reached.
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- Preparations For The Conquest
- Departure Of The Fleet
- Assault On Tabasco
- Landing On The Continent
- Montezuma
- Treaty With The Totonacs
- Destruction Of The Fleet
- Arrival At Tlascala
- First Battles At Tlascala
- Dreadful Assault By The Tlascalans
- Victory Over Tlascala
- Brief Stay In Tlascala
- Conspiracy At Cholula
- Massacre Of The Cholulans
- Arrival At Iztapalapan
- Arrival At The Magnificent Capital Of Mexico
- The Capital, Temple And Emperor Montezuma
- Montezuma Seized
- Precautions For Defense
- Division Of The Treasure
- Landing Of Hostile Forces From Cuba
- Victory Over Narvaez
- Revolt In The Capital
- Attack On The Spanish Garrison
- Death Of Montezuma
- Terrible Losses Of The “Noche Triste”
- Incredible Victory At Otumba
- Discontent Of The Troops
- Accession Of Indian Allies
- Arrival At Tezcuco
- Campaigns From Tezcuco
- Campaigns Against Xaltocan, Tacuba, And Chalco
- Victory At Xochimilco
- March On Mexico
- Blockade Of Mexico
- Early Spanish Gains And Losses
- The Noose Is Tightened
- Terrible Destruction Of Mexico
- Reconstruction And Peace
- Colonization And Settling Of New Spain
- Expedition To Honduras
- Return To Mexico
- Visit To Spain
- Further Expeditions In New Spain
- (From Prescott Vol II, Book VII, Chap V)
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